Lice check for Licinius

Here are two that passed through my store recently...

 

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John, are they for sale? Here are mine:

Roman Imperial: Licinius I (308-324) BI Reduced Follis, Siscia (RIC VII-8)

Obv: IMP LIC LICINIVS PF AVG; Laureate head of Licinius right
Rev: IOVI CON-SERVATORI; Jupiter standing left, holding Victory of globe, leaning on scepter, eagle at feet, ϵ in field to right; SIS in exergue




Roman Imperial: Licinius I (308-324) Æ follis, Cyzicus (RIC VII-9)

Obv: IMP LICI-NIVS AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding mappa and scepter.
Rev: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVCC; Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; in left field, wreath; in right field, ϵ; SMK in exergue.

 

No, they're gone - I should have been clearer.

 

It is RIC 6 page 644 volume VII like your wildwinds match but officina 3 (III). Very few issues used Roman numerals for the whole range of workshops and there are other mints of Licinius that had III in the field for denomination or other purposes. Catalogs rarely show all the workshop variations (there were 8 on this issue). If you want to trade for a silver denarius of Septimius Severus, let me know. I love oddball officina coins.

I'll bet your seller did not know how close this coin came to being really special. The coin below was from that issue but in the name of Valens, Licinius' henchman who was not around long enough to have decent looking coins under $10,000.
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=73739
Two hints: 1. Learn to tell the Valens of RIC volume VII from the one of Volume IX. 2.Buy the ones that look like the one below (RIC 7):

 

Do let me know if you have other coins of this quality for sale in the future...

 

Thanks, Doug! That's some great info. I may just take you up on the trade, I'll shoot you a PM.

 

These 2 relevant coins of Licinius are rated R1 and R2 and were respectively struck in Alexandria and Antioch. I have no single idea about their values.